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parapet

[par-uh-pit, -pet] / ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛt /


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Upon arriving in New Orleans, Phelps established Camp Parapet just upriver from the city and made it known that he would welcome and protect slaves who managed to escape to his encampment.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2015

A Union officer whom Butler sent to Camp Parapet reported that the soldiers’ influence was creating chaos on nearby plantations.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2015

March the 17th, the Parapet of the great Gun Battery was very near raised to the Embrasures.

From A Journal of the Expedition to Carthagena With Notes: In Answer to a Late Pamphlet Entitled, An account of the Expedition to Carthagena by Anonymous

Parapet, The top part of a front trench which Tommy constantly builds up and the Germans just as constantly knock down.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy

I was on guard for the first time at Camp Parapet.

From The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster by Bissell, George P.




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